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package org.relaxng.datatype;
/**
* Factory class for the DatatypeLibrary class.
*
* <p>
* The datatype library should provide the implementation of
* this interface if it wants to be found by the schema processors.
* The implementor also have to place a file in your jar file.
* See the reference datatype library implementation for detail.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:jjc@jclark.com">James Clark</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com">Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI</a>
*/
public interface DatatypeLibraryFactory
{
/**
* Creates a new instance of a DatatypeLibrary that supports
* the specified namespace URI.
*
* @return
* <code>null</code> if the specified namespace URI is not
* supported.
*/
DatatypeLibrary createDatatypeLibrary( String namespaceURI );
}